Individual specimen triage of effusion samples: An improvement in the standard of practice, or a waste of resources?

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 7-10

  Filie, Armando C ^a   Copeland, Christie ^a   Wilder, Anna Maria ^a   Abati, Andrea ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Effusion; Triage; Turnaround time

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EFFUSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LABORATORY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TURNOVER TIME;

ADULT; ASCITIC FLUID; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 0033975737     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(200001)22:1<7::AID-DC3>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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